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A new paper describing and interpreting a new crinoid from the Upper Ordovician of Estonia

Mark Wilson November 7, 2020 5:55 pm

I am very pleased to announce that Lena Cole, Bill Ausich, and I have a new article that appeared (on a dramatic election day in the USA!) in Papers in Palaeontology: “A Hirnantian holdover from the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction: … Continue reading →

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An October Day at Fern Valley – The Mass Movement

gwiles October 11, 2020 5:07 pm

A day at Fern Valley with a team of experts, from the left Dr. Judge, Nick and Arrow, Morgan and Ellen. The mission was to map the Fern Valley Slump (and Ellen took a bunch of tree cores from the … Continue reading →

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Celebrating #BlackInGeosciences Week: Finding My Voice

sjudge September 10, 2020 9:42 pm

Guest Blogger:  Mazvita Chikomo (’22) Mazvita, a junior in the department from Zimbabwe, is a member of the African Student Union (Housing Coordinator), has participated in the college’s AMRE program (Applied Methods Research Experience), has been a Course Design Assistant … Continue reading →

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New Paper: Quantifying ecospace utilization and ecosystem engineering during the early Phanerozoic — The role of bioturbation and bioerosion

Mark Wilson August 14, 2020 2:10 pm

I am thrilled to announce the publication today of this comprehensive open-access paper in Science Advances: “Quantifying ecospace utilization and ecosystem engineering during the early Phanerozoic — The role of bioturbation and bioerosion“. It was a long time coming after … Continue reading →

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Coring Trees on Chicagof Island, Hoonah, Alaska

gwiles July 22, 2020 12:10 pm

We had the good fortune this summer to work remotely with the TRAYLS group out of Hoonah, Alaska. Figure 1. Google Earth map showing the location of the town of Hoonah and the coring sites. Two tree ring sites were … Continue reading →

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AMRE Summer 2020 – Remote Learning and Tree Rings – Part 1. The Oaks at the Kinney Soccer Fields, Wooster, Ohio

gwiles July 9, 2020 1:12 pm

By: Mazvita Chikomo, Srushti Chaudhari, Fred Zhao (as part of the AMRE 2020; The College of Wooster, Tree Ring Lab) The aim of this study was to analyze White oak trees, to see how old they are and, how they … Continue reading →

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New Paper on the Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia) Trees of Wooster Ohio

gwiles July 9, 2020 12:51 pm

The Wooster Tree Ring Lab has just published a paper with Franklin and Marshall College and The Ohio State University on the climate response of the Dawn Redwood tree. The study site is the beautiful Secrest Arboretum at the OARDC – OSU Wooster Campus. … Continue reading →

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New paper on a symbiotic relationship between tube-dwellers and bryozoans in the Silurian of Estonia

Mark Wilson May 12, 2020 9:24 am

I have thoroughly enjoyed my many expeditions to the wondrous Baltic country of Estonia. My Estonian colleagues are fabulous, and I’ve been privileged to share the adventures with numerous students and Bill Ausich of Ohio State. Now during this global … Continue reading →

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Let’s celebrate Earth Day!

kalley April 22, 2020 9:28 am

Happy Earth Day, everyone! Although we can’t all be together this Earth Day, we’re still celebrating wherever we are. We hope you’ll join us in celebrating, too. Check out the video below, which tells you what some of our students … Continue reading →

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New Paper on Antarctic Storm Wave Generation

acrawford April 15, 2020 10:29 am

I was part of a team led by Momme Hell at Scripps Institution for Oceanography that recently published an article in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans entitled: “Estimating Southern Ocean Storm Positions With Seismic Observations”. Momme is an expert … Continue reading →

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